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Today is the last round of this prestigious event! The leaders are Mamedyarov and Morozevich with 6 points. Behind there are Karjakin, Ponomariov, Wang Hao, Caruana and Kasimdzhanov with 5.5 which means that anything can happen!
Pairings
Wang Hao-Mamedyarov 1-0
Svidler-Morozevich 1/2
Karjakin-Ponomariov 1-0
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand 1/2
Leko-Caruana 1/2
Dominguez-Kamsky 1/2
And indeed something happened! Mamedyarov lost, Morozevich “only” drew and Karjakin who played the longest game of the round won. This win determined the winner of the event.
Final standings
1-3. Karjakin, Wang Hao, Morozevich 6.5 points.
4-6. Mamedyarov, Kasimdzhanov, Caruana 6.
7-9. Ponomariov, Svidler, Leko 5.5
10. Gelfand 4.5
11. Dominguez 4
12. Kamsky 3.5
Games of the last round
Today’s pairings
Mamedyarov-Karjakin
Morozevich-Leko 1-0
Caruana-Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Gelfand-Wang Hao 1/2
Kamsky-Svidler 1/2
Ponomariov-Dominguez 1-0
Leaders have changed!
Morozevich now leads with Mamedyarov after the latter won against Karjakin. They both have 6 points, three players – Karjakin, Ponomariov, Wang Hao have 5.5.
Watch the games live on http://tashkent2012.fide.com/analysis/
Aronian-Anand 1/2
Kramnik-Carlsen 1/2 Carlsen managed to make a draw a pawn down due to his opponent’s bad Bishops and potential weaknesses had he played …d3-d4
Jones-Nakamura 1/2
Adams-Polgar 1-0
McShane had a rest day.
Standings after the 3rd round: Carlsen and Kramnik lead with 7 points, Adams is 3rd with 6.
Watch the games live on http://live.londonchessclassic.com/2012/live.classic.htm
